Posts Tagged ‘Bruce Springsteen’
Music legends feature on the “Bridge School Benefit Concerts – 25th Anniversary Edition”
Written by admin on October 6, 2011 – 11:43 am -| Reprise Records will release CD and DVD sets of “The Bridge School Benefit Concerts – 25th Anniversary Edition” on October 24. |
Tags: Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, James Taylor, Neil Young, R.E.M., Simon and Garfunkel, The Bridge School Benefit Concerts – 25th Anniversary Edition, The Who, Tom Petty, Tom Waits
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Happy Birthday America
Written by admin on July 4, 2011 – 7:19 am -Happy Fourth of July to our American readers.
We celebrate the USA’s 235th birthday with three of the greatest songs ever written about the country.
Elvis Presley – “America the Beautiful”
One of America’s most patriotic musical sons, Elvis Presley, sang “America the Beautiful” in concert throughout 1976 to mark America’s Bicentennial.
Tags: American the Beautiful, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, Route 66, This Land is Your Land
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Bruce Springsteen’s eulogy for Clarence Clemons
Written by admin on June 29, 2011 – 6:09 pm -| Bruce Springsteen has published the text of the lengthy and heartfelt eulogy that he gave at the funeral of his friend and E Street Band colleague, Clarence Clemons.
Springsteen also sang “10th Avenue Freeze-Out” and then “You’re A Friend Of Mine” with Jackson Browne and E Street Band members. |
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Song of the Week #59 – “Born To Run”
Written by admin on June 20, 2011 – 11:45 am -| In tribute to Clarence Clemons, who died on Saturday, June 18, Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons is Bruce Springsteen’s “Born To Run.” |
Tags: born to run, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, The E Street Band
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E Street Band’s Clarence Clemons dies aged 69
Written by admin on June 18, 2011 – 10:14 pm -| Clarence Clemons sadly died tonight (June 18) from complications arising from the stroke that he suffered six days ago. He was 69.
Known by fans as The Big Man, Clemons will be best remembered as the saxophonist with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. |
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